What Are Your Money Saving Strengths & Weaknesses?

Saving money isn’t easy for most people; for some it’s downright painful. Everyone has their own way of doing things, and the best place to start gathering money saving ideas for yourself and your family is to analyze your money saving strengths and money spending weaknesses. You may actually find that you’re all ready headed in the right direction.

Money Saving Strengths:

* You’re ok with being hot or cold, no air conditioning or relentlessly running furnace for you.

* You like home cooked food and only eat out once or twice a month. Would it surprise you to know that many people eat out upwards of 5 times per week?

* You spend time in the sun in the summer; and in the winter you’re ok with pale skin. Tanning beds are an added expense and so bad for your skin.

* You drive a car, not an enormous F150.

* You buy generic brand food.

* Christmas is about family, friends and food; not extreme gift giving.

* You ride your bike, take walks and run around after the kids… a gym membership really isn’t necessary.

* You stick to the grocery list when you go shopping, better yet; you go shopping with a full belly of good home cooked food.

* You plan out trips in the car so that it’s not necessary to back track and run all over town.

* You do things yourself; change the oil, clean the house, shovel the drive etc.

* You’re of the philosophy, why buy new when used is just as good. You buy used cars, clothes, equipment, furniture, homes etc.

* You resist the impulse to buy on the spot. You’re thoughtful and make purchases after shopping around.

Chances are you don’t fit the bill on each of the above, and if you do, you should be sitting pretty well. Everyone has money saving strengths and weaknesses, and a lot of it has to do with what makes us happy. Maybe you just love going to the gym, wonderful! That’s actually a pretty good “bad” way to spend money!

Temperance is a virtue, if there is an area of your life that requires a little extra money, there must be another place you can cut back a little. Life is about making choices, and living with the choices we make.

If you start today making the choice to cut back your spending in certain areas it will get easier and easier, in fact, it will bring a longer lasting satisfaction than any purchase you could make.

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